State Dept. Approves Military Sales to Egypt
The State Department approved three possible military sales to Egypt, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. One sale includes a $30 million “Precision Kill Weapon System” and related equipment, and the principal contractor will be BAE Systems. Another includes $630 million worth of “Hellfire AGM-114R Missiles”; the principal contractor, Lockheed Martin. A third sale involves $4.69 billion worth of “Abrams Tank Refurbishment, Support, and Equipment, and related equipment”; the tank contractor, General Dynamics Land Systems.